Lighting the Advent Wreath
Hymn: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” stanza 6, The United Methodist Hymnal, 211
All: “O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by thy justice here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death’s dark shadows put to flight.”
Reader 1: “The LORD has done great things for us, and we are overjoyed. … Let those who plant with tears reap the harvest with joyful shouts.” (Psalm 126:3, 5 CEB)
Reader 2: God of Joy, you enter the wilderness of our world and proclaim that there is a way to reach home again.
Reader 3: God of Joy, you break through clouds of despair and sorrow to bring good news to your people.
Reader 4: God of Joy, you send hope into the world in the form of a tiny baby.
All: We, God’s people, sing songs of joy with the prophet, “I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God” (Isaiah 61:10, NRSV).
Reader: On this third Sunday of Advent, we light this candle, knowing that joy is our true home.
Light three candles. If you have a pink candle, light it for the first time today.
Lighting the Advent Wreath
Hymn: “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” stanza 6, The United Methodist Hymnal, 211
All: “O come, thou Dayspring, come and cheer our spirits by thy justice here;
disperse the gloomy clouds of night, and death’s dark shadows put to flight.”
Reader 1: “The LORD has done great things for us, and we are overjoyed. … Let those who plant with tears reap the harvest with joyful shouts.” (Psalm 126:3, 5 CEB)
Reader 2: God of Joy, you enter the wilderness of our world and proclaim that there is a way to reach home again.
Reader 3: God of Joy, you break through clouds of despair and sorrow to bring good news to your people.
Reader 4: God of Joy, you send hope into the world in the form of a tiny baby.
All: We, God’s people, sing songs of joy with the prophet, “I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my whole being shall exult in my God” (Isaiah 61:10, NRSV).
Reader: On this third Sunday of Advent, we light this candle, knowing that joy is our true home.
Light three candles. If you have a pink candle, light it for the first time today.
The Christmas gifts for the Homeless that have been collected will be donated to the Jersey Shore Rescue Mission. Thank you for your support!
Another mission project that will be on-going throughout the year is “Shoe Boxes for Kids”.
These boxes will contain items small enough to fit into a shoe box that would be used by children, such as pens, pencils, crayons, note paper, stickers, toothbrush, toothpaste.
The receptacle to hold these items will be located in the nave.
The filled boxes will be sent to children in the U.S. and around the world.
Future ‘Shoe Boxes’ will be for Women, and for Men. If you have new personal hygiene items for Women or Men you can put them in the receptacle at any time. We will separate as needed.